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From: Friends of Puna's Future 1 [friendsofpunal@mail.com]
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Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 7:04 PM
To: Council Testimony .C?U V7
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Subject: FoPF - Testimony in opposition to Bill 49
Two weeks ago, as the council was doing the first reading of Bill 49 (the taking of
funds from the 2% Land Preservation Fund), West Hawaii Today put forth a poll
on their website.
Here are the final poll results:
Poll question
Should the county stop using 2 percent of it's real property tax
revenues for acquisition of desirable land to balance the county
budget?
Votes, percentages and Answers:
(23) (3.6%) Yes, but only if the county trims its existing workforce (filled
positions) by an equal percentage.
(73) (11.2%) Yes, we need to balance the budget.
(496) (76.6%) No, voters decided that is how their taxes should be spent
and the county should do so.
(55) (8.6%) No, its the only thing the county spends money on that we
can account for.
Total votes = 647
85.2% of poll voters oppose Bill 49
poll data courtesy of West Hawaii Today
Point: The state Transient Accommodations Taxes will continue to flow to the county.
Point: $90+ million in federal stimulus funds are coming to the county.
Point: County mismanagement of funds wastes millions. Read your Legislative Auditor's
comm. No. ~ 3.1 o
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Office reports.
Point: Your vote matters and the public is paying attention. The 2% funds will not be easy
pickings. Passage of Bill 49 will come at a cost to you..
The results of the West Hawaii Today poll are similar to the results of our polling of our
membership on this issues.
Mahalo for listening,
Rob Tucker, President
Friends of Puna's Future
965-1555
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